Let's Ride the Magic General Strike Bus

Let’s check out these posters for the Occupy Wall Street General Strike on the International Workers Day, May 1st by Erik Drooker. It’s going to be a big day as 125 U.S. cities and counting are joining in “solidarity for the im/migrant movements.” Get into the spirit. There’s a classic proletariat type breaking down the Wall with a swinging Hammer. There’s quirky one of a crowd wielding a Dr. Seussian trumpet contraption against an approaching fascist cop tank. But wait, what’s this? A bus. Merriment. Hmm…

Ah, Ken Kessey’s Merry Pranksters perhaps? Those were some times. Different kind of consciousness, but still, that’s a romantic allusion right there. Nice. Could do without the olde American patriot drag. Let the Tea Party have it.